Government

Heath Springs businessman Gary Horton has withdrawn from the November race for the Lancaster County Council District 6 seat.

Citing personal time constraints, Horton, owner of Horton Machine Shop, notified the Lancaster County Republican Party and the Lancaster County Voter Registration Office on June 5 that he was dropping out of the race.

Lancaster County Capital Sales Tax Commission members have begun parsing the details of public proposals and comments gathered over the past month that will help determine the future of the county’s 1 cent capital project sales tax.

Lancaster City Council heard numerous requests at its Tuesday, May 27, meeting, ranging from giving furniture to a neighboring law enforcement agency to a chance for local residents to become homeowners.

Police Chief Harlean Howard approached council with a request to transfer used furniture from the Municipal Justice Center on Arch Street to the Pageland Police Department.

An unnamed company has the potential to bring significant investment and jobs to the county, though the exact nature of the company is still unknown.

During its May 19 meeting, Lancaster County Council discussed the preliminary framework for a fee agreement between the county and the company, which is currently only known publicly by the code name “Project L.” The specifics of what the company manufactures or where it would be located were not discussed.

Repeat offenders, extreme case backlogs and limited court time all impact the way local criminal cases are handled, and each was up for debate May 21 during a forum for two candidates running for the 6th Circuit solicitor’s seat.

Since April 1993, Lancaster Police Department officers have had some leeway in issuing “careless driving” tickets instead of a charge with more serious ramifications, but that policy came to a screeching halt at the Lancaster City Council meeting Tuesday, May. 14.

Since April 1993, Lancaster Police Department officers have had some leeway in issuing “careless driving” tickets instead of a charge with more serious ramifications, but that policy came to a screeching halt at the Lancaster City Council meeting Tuesday, May. 14.